My quest out of the super micros!

sorry I haven’t updated in about a week now, but to be honest it’s because I lost my zeal for poker since I got back into working out. I have an interesting personality where when I get into something I REALLY get into it. So when I was at school it was working out and getting in shape. After I left and couldn’t go to the gym I needed something to latch onto, and I found that in the form of poker. Once my gym opened I launched myself into that hard. Tonight I looked in  my account and saw 71 dollars. I figured since I don’t care to much about it lets let it ride. I sat down at a 50c $1plo table and played it all. a few hands in I got AJJQ single suited to the ace. He raises to 3 I three bet and he calls. Flop is 9TK I feel quite excited. He bets pot of 18 I ship for 69. He times down and calls with a pair of kings. I hold to take down a pot and am sitting with 155. I did the douche move and stood right up, but I was shaking I was so excited haha.

I’m not sure what this means for me and poker. Whether or not I will keep building it or not is to be decided. I need a car so cashing it out to put towards that may be my option.

in RL I have some job ops i’m looking into and working out is going strong!

Pretty good day today. Got to hang out with my step brothers, hit the gym, and meet a bunch of new people. poker wise I am up 2 buyins so not bad. I am sure that if I stick with plo I will be ok, but once I start to tilt and branch out I just get crushed because I don’t care.

As always if you want to check out how my workout/ weightloss is going check out my 2+2 log at http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/85/health-fitness/derekareis-weight-loss-stop-being-weak-log-693514/#post16397662

Song of the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrPwPn9eW5w

I’m usually into more hardcore music, but lately i’m getting away from that stuff.

Hello all. Well on the poker side of things I have been having a rough time to say the least. It started as a breakeven/ slightly loosing stretch of a few days where I just could hit nothing. I then dropped down to around 95 dollars and proceeded to fall back to sngs…where I always go when I think I need to make up money. This was a mistake. I fell down and down to 85 with full ring sngs and HU sngs. Mix in some random omaha stack tilts in there as well. Basically I was having a rough go of it for a while in poker haha.

Tonight I have regained composure a bit I think. I am sitting at a mixed 7-game table a full tilt as I write this and my stack is up to 7 from the 2 dollar buyin. Even if I have no clue all the strategies for games like razz or stud, it seems w/e  I understand is so much greater than the donks playing and betting everything at this table. I do intent to download all the mixed game videos I can from DC before my subscription to it runs out tomorrow. It’s nice to change it up every few hands. I am hoping my attitude will stay in check though so I can rebuild. I just need to remind myself that this money isn’t lifechanging…stop stressing when I drop 20 dollars it will come back.

Enough of poker. My search for a job continues. Every lead I had seemed to fall through this week, but I picked a few more up that I will pursue this week. I had also been letting my social life slip a bit because of poker as sad as it sounds. I changed all that today, reconnecting with my stepbrother and some old friends who I have made plans with. Also the gym opened finally three days ago and I have been twice. If you have any interest in checking out my progress you can go to my 2+2 progress log http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/85/health-fitness/derekareis-weight-loss-stop-being-weak-log-693514/#post16338662

Thanks for reading!

Poker Wise not much went down today. up half a buyin on the day. Anythings better than moving backwards.

I started my new eating program and did Ab Ripper x ( part of p90x) to get myself in the swing of things. Gym tomorrow.

Last post I laid out some things I wanted to change with my life like sleeping pattern, working out, eating right ect. Well I have put one foot forward and just subscribed to an online eating plan. http://www.annecollins.com/ Check it out. It was super cheap so I thought whats the harm in trying it out. There are 14 meal plans you can use, including a 14 day loow calorie plan that I am going to start as soon as my sleep pattern is normal again. This plan will help me achieve my goal because I really don’t know how to regulate and plan healthy meals. When I lost my initial 44, my plan was not to snack, not to eat after 9 at night, and don’t eat beyond taking the hunger edge off. It worked fine, but now that I am not at school and I can just eat anything it’s super hard to keep to a plan. I figure my sleep pattern will need to be normalized because the way I live now, the breakfast would be at 3, lunch at 8, dinner at 2 in the morning or something ridiculous like that. There are some not so tasty things I am reading from the menu, and others that maybe won’t be so bad. Examples:

Tuna Salad with Whole Wheat Crackers
3 oz water-packed tuna (90)
4 cherry tomatoes (20)
1/2 cup sliced cucumber (5)
1/2 cup sliced bell peppers (12)
2 tbsp fat-free mayo (24)
3 Graham crackers (2 1/2″) (90)

Drain the tuna, flake and mix with the mayo and vegetables. Serve on top of the crackers.

Not my idea of a super great lunch. A good one is:

Dinner

Pork Stir-fry
5 oz boneless loin pork chop, lean only (165)
1 tsp oil (45)
2 tbsp soy sauce (20)
1 cup mushrooms (20)
1 small red onion (10)
1/2 each red and green bell pepper (12)
1 clove minced garlic (optional)

Pretty nom nom!

That brings me to the next step: righting the pattern! It is almost midnight now and the plan is to just not sleep until at least 1PM tomorrow afternoon, I will wake up at around 8? I then continue to stay away until 9pm the following night. Bam! Sleep corrected. I have done this many other times in anticipation for things like school. but never just to improve my life overall so it should be interesting to see if I have the drive to make it happen. I write all this and I realize I am decently tired now..maybe I can just go to sleep now and see what happens. In any case thats my basic plan of attack. Gym opens wed and I will be there.

-Derek

I seem to have had a break through about PLO tonight. Something just clicked and I am feeling more confident about preflop hand selection, and post flop play. I just keep cementing it into my head that I need to play with position, and I can not compromise my pre flop standards. It seems to be paying off. I also joined a plo discussion group on skype that I found from 2+2. Overall I like the way I am approaching the game and trying to figure it out. Though it might seem silly to be doing this over a $2plo game, I think the effort I put in, and the foundation I am setting now will just make me play that much better once I progress out of these silly stakes. Like the title of my blog suggests-I don’t plan on playing this low forever.

I signed up for the free trial of Deuces Cracked.I’m currently downloading all of the videos for PLO, 6 max NL and sit and goes.  I can’t afford to subscribe fully just yet, but it will be nice to have a library of material to look over and strengthen my game.

This is the most consistently I have played cash games and I’m happy with what I have done so far. It certainly is not as fast as grinding out the sngs, but it’s certainly more rewarding to pull in a 200bb pot in a cash game after outplaying someone, than just shoving your chips around because the blinds are catching up to you in a sng.

From now on I think I will post some goals I would like to accomplish poker and life wise during the week, so I can keep some actually track of progress. I won’t say I want to be at X dollars by the end of the week because its so unpredictable;but I will say I would like to make the best decisions possible, thereby (hopefully) making me the $$. So goals:

-Call back potential employer and secure interview. No job, no college. No college, no success!

-Get back on a proper sleep schedule! The way I live now is so rediculous. It’s also the way I have been since I was 13 and I hate it. Its currently closing in on 4 in the morning and I am barely tired. I won’t wake up until around 2 and my day is shot. This will be my toughest one.

-Gym opens wed and I will be there. This past semester I utilized my former colleges gym to the fullest and lost 44 pounds going from 235- 196. I am not finished yet so I need to get back in and hit it hard. Goal for the end of the week is 195.

-Poker wise I want to watch videos and educate myself. Keep being solid on my preflop selection, and DO NOT DRAW TO CRAP. I have this issue sometimes. Drawing to non nut flushes and not being able to lay down trips on super drawy boards are two big leaks of mine.

So that’s that. I will keep updating through out the week, but at the end I will see how I achieved my goals in full. Sorry for the typos and run on sentences. Writing is not my strong suit.

Well I broke 100 on the roll again. I’m happy though because this is the first time that I have made a good chunk playing cash alone as apposed to sngs with a side of cash. I went from about 80-100 just playing omaha and i’m happy for it. I will say that sngs will build a roll muuch faster..But thats only pending you don’t downswong like I did. I have a tilt issue where if I have one loosing session I will have a crazy of fear of never winning again, and I won’t want to load up another table..a little irrational I know. I’m learning, slowly but getting there none the less, that theres always another hand. When I loose a hand when I got it all in I just remind myself that that one hand will not bust my account..theres another pot to be won.

I’ve been lucky with a good run of cards recently, and I hope I keep getting them and playing them well!

On a different note I have 2 poker books i’m looking to get rid of- “Play Poker Like the Pros” by Helmuth and “Sit ‘n Go Strategy” by Collin Moshman. If anyone wants them they can take them for 20 shipped. I would take the cash on FTP. Send me a PM.

Met some more people donating their money to the get out of the micros fast cause today. Short 187 hands and i’m up to 99.48 from 93 last night.

Hey everyone. Today was a good day in life as well as the tables. Looks like I found a job which is always nice to hear. I can start to save for next semester finally!

Played a short 90 hand session at PLO today, but thats all it takes when you have all these crazy people playing. I usually find a few a table and just wait for a hand…its that simple. Theres no need to play marginal hands here. Play the nuts and make money is all thats needed. There was one guy who ran up a decent stack playing 100 percent of hands. He put everrrything to a raise and three bet absolute trash so I was just waiting to get a hand against him. And luckily it happened..a few times muahaha.

first- UTG is said maniac. I just check called him down

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha, $0.02 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com Hero (BB) ($2.43) UTG ($3.65) MP ($3.28) CO ($1.94) Button ($1.56) SB ($3.18)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8s, Qd, 4c, Kh

UTG bets $0.07, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.15) 8d, Qs, Kd

(2 players) Hero bets $0.15, UTG calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.45) 9s

(2 players) Hero bets $0.45, UTG raises to $1.80, Hero raises to $2.21 (All-In), UTG calls $0.41

River: ($4.87) 5c (2 players, 1 all-in) Total pot: $4.87

After that I gave the chips back on a stupid all in pre.

Next

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha, $0.02 BB (5 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com Hero (UTG) ($4.59) MP ($3.33) Button ($1.98) SB ($3.56) BB ($2.20)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Kc, 7c, 10d, Kd

BB calls $0.02, Hero calls $0.02, MP bets $0.11, 1 fold, SB calls $0.09, BB calls $0.09, Hero calls $0.09

Flop: ($0.45) 10c, 2c, 7s

(4 players) SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP bets $0.45, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.45

Turn: ($1.35) Qh

(2 players) Hero checks, MP bets $1.35, Hero calls $1.35

River: ($4.05) 6s (2 players) Hero checks, MP bets $1.42 (All-In), Hero calls $1.42 Total pot: $6.89 | Rake: $0.45

Well as per my last post I had continued to play sngs chasing my loses from the previous day. The lowest I settled at was $81, and thats where I sat as of my last session. I sat down today to play $2plo and had a great run of it.  So many of the people were consistently going NUTS with hands like second pair on a super draw heavy flops and whatnot. It wasn’t just one player doing this either. ALSO I had a few of these people on both tables so I knew that it was time to go to the bank Here are the major hands where I made my money today.

Full Tilt Poker Game #17526722460: Table Madrone (6 max) – $0.01/$0.02 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 19:12:17 ET – 2010/01/11

Seat 1: Flypse ($0.63)

Seat 2: Wilczybobek ($11)

Seat 3: DerekAreI ($3.85)

Seat 4: Smoking568 ($2.11)

Seat 5: Sahlaaja ($1.97)

Flypse posts the small blind of $0.01

Wilczybobek posts the big blind of $0.02

The button is in seat #5

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to DerekAreI [Ah Kd Kh 4h]

DerekAreI raises to $0.07

Smoking568 has 15 seconds left to act

Smoking568 folds

Sahlaaja raises to $0.24

LaBai sits down

Flypse folds

LaBai adds $0.80

Wilczybobek folds

DerekAreI calls $0.17

*** FLOP *** [Kc 5d 3d]

DerekAreI bets $0.51

Sahlaaja raises to $1.73, and is all in

DerekAreI calls $1.22

Sahlaaja shows [8d Ad Qc Qd]

DerekAreI shows [Ah Kd Kh 4h]

*** TURN *** [Kc 5d 3d] [3h]

*** RIVER *** [Kc 5d 3d 3h] [Td]

Sahlaaja shows a flush, Ace high

DerekAreI shows a full house, Kings full of Threes

DerekAreI wins the pot ($3.71) with a full house, Kings full of Threes

Sahlaaja is sitting out

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $3.97 | Rake $0.26

Board: [Kc 5d 3d 3h Td]

Seat 1: Flypse (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 2: Wilczybobek (big blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 3: DerekAreI showed [Ah Kd Kh 4h] and won ($3.71) with a full house, Kings full of Threes

Seat 4: Smoking568 didn’t bet (folded)

Seat 5: Sahlaaja (button) showed [8d Ad Qc Qd] and lost with a flush, Ace high

Full Tilt Poker Game #17526410708: Table Madrone (6 max) – $0.01/$0.02 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 18:59:31 ET – 2010/01/11

Seat 1: QQy ($0.58)

Seat 2: Wilczybobek ($11.25)

Seat 3: DerekAreI ($2)

Seat 4: Smoking568 ($2.28)

Seat 5: Sahlaaja ($2.12)

Seat 6: doug_e_fresh889 ($1.24)

Sahlaaja posts the small blind of $0.01

doug_e_fresh889 posts the big blind of $0.02

The button is in seat #4

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to DerekAreI [4h 4c Ah As]

QQy has 15 seconds left to act

QQy folds

Wilczybobek folds

DerekAreI raises to $0.07

Smoking568 folds

Sahlaaja raises to $0.23

doug_e_fresh889 folds

DerekAreI raises to $0.71

Sahlaaja calls $0.48

*** FLOP *** [8h 4d 8s]

Sahlaaja checks

DerekAreI checks

*** TURN *** [8h 4d 8s] [Qh]

Sahlaaja checks

DerekAreI bets $1.29, and is all in

Sahlaaja calls $1.29

DerekAreI shows [4h 4c Ah As]

Sahlaaja shows [Qs 3s Qc 3d]

*** RIVER *** [8h 4d 8s Qh] [Ad]

DerekAreI shows a full house, Aces full of Eights

Sahlaaja shows a full house, Queens full of Eights

DerekAreI wins the pot ($3.76) with a full house, Aces full of Eights

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $4.02 | Rake $0.26

Board: [8h 4d 8s Qh Ad]

Seat 1: QQy didn’t bet (folded)

Seat 2: Wilczybobek didn’t bet (folded)

Seat 3: DerekAreI showed [4h 4c Ah As] and won ($3.76) with a full house, Aces full of Eights

Seat 4: Smoking568 (button) didn’t bet (folded)

Seat 5: Sahlaaja (small blind) showed [Qs 3s Qc 3d] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Eights

Seat 6: doug_e_fresh889 (big blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #17526664591: Table Hold (6 max) – $0.01/$0.02 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 19:09:59 ET – 2010/01/11

Seat 1: DerekAreI ($2)

Seat 2: N1MEN1 ($4.37)

Seat 4: andrej 0110 ($1.55)

Seat 6: Smoking568 ($2.04)

andrej 0110 posts the small blind of $0.01

Smoking568 posts the big blind of $0.02

The button is in seat #2

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to DerekAreI [5s Ts Ah Ad]

DerekAreI raises to $0.07

Sahlaaja sits down

N1MEN1 calls $0.07

Sahlaaja adds $2

andrej 0110 folds

Smoking568 calls $0.05

*** FLOP *** [2d 9d Ac]

Smoking568 checks

DerekAreI bets $0.16

N1MEN1 raises to $0.70

Mr Mobby sits down

Mr Mobby adds $2

Smoking568 has 15 seconds left to act

Smoking568 folds

DerekAreI raises to $1.93, and is all in

N1MEN1 calls $1.23

DerekAreI shows [5s Ts Ah Ad]

N1MEN1 shows [9c 9s 2h 3s]

*** TURN *** [2d 9d Ac] [5d]

*** RIVER *** [2d 9d Ac 5d] [Js]

DerekAreI shows three of a kind, Aces

N1MEN1 shows three of a kind, Nines

DerekAreI wins the pot ($3.81) with three of a kind, Aces

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $4.08 | Rake $0.27

Board: [2d 9d Ac 5d Js]

Seat 1: DerekAreI showed [5s Ts Ah Ad] and won ($3.81) with three of a kind, Aces

Seat 2: N1MEN1 (button) showed [9c 9s 2h 3s] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

Seat 4: andrej 0110 (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 6: Smoking568 (big blind) folded on the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #17527221842: Table Madrone (6 max) – $0.01/$0.02 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 19:32:50 ET – 2010/01/11

Seat 1: goshca ($0.52)

Seat 2: Wilczybobek ($11.15)

Seat 3: DerekAreI ($5.78)

Seat 4: Smoking568 ($2.94)

Seat 5: Sahlaaja ($2.18)

Seat 6: LaBai ($1.87)

goshca posts the small blind of $0.01

Wilczybobek posts the big blind of $0.02

The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to DerekAreI [9s As Ac Kc]

DerekAreI raises to $0.07

Smoking568 has 15 seconds left to act

Smoking568 folds

Sahlaaja calls $0.07

LaBai folds

goshca folds

Wilczybobek folds

*** FLOP *** [5h 3d 9c]

DerekAreI bets $0.17

Sahlaaja calls $0.17

*** TURN *** [5h 3d 9c] [Kd]

DerekAreI checks

Sahlaaja has 15 seconds left to act

Sahlaaja bets $0.51

DerekAreI calls $0.51

*** RIVER *** [5h 3d 9c Kd] [6s]

DerekAreI checks

Sahlaaja has 15 seconds left to act

Sahlaaja bets $1.43, and is all in

DerekAreI calls $1.43

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Sahlaaja shows [Jd Th Td 5d] a pair of Tens

DerekAreI shows [9s As Ac Kc] two pair, Kings and Nines

DerekAreI wins the pot ($4.10) with two pair, Kings and Nines

Sahlaaja is sitting out

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $4.39 | Rake $0.29

Board: [5h 3d 9c Kd 6s]

Seat 1: goshca (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 2: Wilczybobek (big blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 3: DerekAreI showed [9s As Ac Kc] and won ($4.10) with two pair, Kings and Nines

Seat 4: Smoking568 didn’t bet (folded)

Seat 5: Sahlaaja showed [Jd Th Td 5d] and lost with a pair of Tens

Seat 6: LaBai (button) didn’t bet (folded)